NCI Watches: July – Dec 2016

This is a summary record of my NCI watch keeping periods and other NCI activities during January to June 2016 kept for my own records. [ indicates photo(s) available; click on it to go to the Photo Gallery page]

Date

No.

Summary of NCI Watches and other activities
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Watch (11-14) 440; catamaran capsized near SP and they informed CG. We told CG that cat was OK but Hamble LB called out anyway.

13th Nov

60

Watch (11-14) 560,530, quiet watch – VHF mayday but outside our area

20th Nov

61

Watch (11-14) 560,670, very quiet watch – Calshot IRB rescued a pallet with direction from the Tower as we came on watch, nothing after that

27th Nov

62

Watch (11-14) 250,660, Hamble LB called us on 65 but did not hear reply. Mayday from Kayak 1nm off Elmore slipway which turns out to be the Angling Club at Lee. Was picked up by HMS Smiker and transferred by Rescue 104 to Soton General

28th Nov

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Watch Leader training at OS HQ

4th Dec

63

Watch (11-14) 100, quiet watch

11th Dec

64

Watch (11-14) 560,calm day, quiet watch

18th Dec

65

Watch (11-14) 560,530 foggy day, previous watch had broken down jet ski who was lost in fog off Lee – towed in by Calshot IRB; quiet watch

26th Dec

66

Watch (11-14) 600; Boxing Day – as we took over a car was reported “in the water” at Calshot. Turned out to be in the dyke alonside the road. Hamble lifeboat attended! I had to write incident report for Ford Focus!